Apache Hadoop is an open source software platform for distributed storage and distributed processing of very large data sets on computer clusters built from commodity hardware. Hadoop services provide for data storage, processing, access, governance, security, and operations.

Hadoop Technology Benefits
Organizations use Hadoop because of its’ ability to store, manage, and analyze vast amounts of structured and unstructured data quickly, reliably, flexibly, and at low-cost.

Big Data Market Size:
1. By 2018, the United States alone could face a shortage of 140,000 to 190,000 people with deep analytical skills as well as 1.5 million managers and analysts with the know-how to use the analysis of big data to make effective decisions. - McKinsey.

2. The big data market is expected to grow from USD 28.65 Billion in 2016 to USD 66.79 Billion by 2021, at a high Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 18.45%. - Marketsandmarkets.com.

3. Across all company sizes, 77 percent of organizations are taking Big Data and more specifically Big Data analytics seriously and consider it a priority. - Peer Research Survey.